Michelle
has put a stop to Morgan's movements, save his throbbing; when he
contemplates withdrawal she takes exception, plants her nails, prevents him
physically by clawing at his undefended hips, prevents him psychically by
willing him to hold still, keep their bond, prolong its aftershocks—that cause, in
each, exquisite
palpitations neither he nor she has undergone. Their union perseveres. In fact,
their lips renew a kiss that lingers—air, at length, depleted—that
exchanges, to and fro, a single gust, their breathing shared, inflating
hers, deflating his, their lungs establishing a oneness that intensifies
impressions love-locked loins have yet to breach. With genitalia
re-aroused—hers tightening, his grown stiffer—the couple's copulation recommences.